Why is Concord a literary mecca?
Home To Iconic American Authors, Poets, and Philosophers By Victor Curran Readers from all over the world come to Concord to visit the places where Alcott, Thoreau, Hawthorne, and Emerson…
In the midst of death we are in life – musings of Sleepy Hollow caregiver
“In the midst of death we are in life.” Henry David Thoreau made this observation two centuries ago when walking through Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, seeing the sunlight dappling through the…
Four reasons not to miss Concord’s 17th annual AG Day
By Joe Palumbo 1. It is once a year. It is THIS SATURDAY September 10th, 2022 10 am – 2 pm right on Main Street in downtown Concord! Ag Day is an annual…
Mark Your Calendars for May 20—Spring into West Concord Festival
By Chris Randall, Correspondent West Concord is holding its fourth annual Spring into West Concord festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 20. This family-friendly event features...
Meet the tour guide! Bonnie Beaudet
It’s not easy being a tour guide especially in Concord. The first bar to cross is the licensing, which requires an eight-week training on interpreting town history as well as...
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery among the ‘World’s Greatest Cemeteries’
Some might call them tombstone tourists, grave hunters or even taphophiles. That’s someone who has a passion for cemeteries and all things related: epitaphs, gravestone rubbing, photography, art, and famous...
January 1773…A Plea for Freedom
By Joe Palumbo In April of 2025, we will be celebrating the 250th anniversary of the events that took place in Lexington and Concord in 1775. As we approach that...
Indecent – or not? Behind the play within a play
in·de·cent /ˌinˈdēs(ə)nt/ adjective not conforming with generally accepted standards of behavior or propriety; obscene.“the film was grossly indecent” not appropriate or fitting.“they leaped on the suggestion with indecent haste.” Why would a play...
Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Concord
By Joe Palumbo Dr. Martin Luther King Junior, from his Autobiography: When I went to Morehouse as a freshman in 1944, my concern for racial and economic justice was already...
